Cristiana Santos

Assist. Prof. Utrecht University ●Expert Data Protection Unit of Council of Europe, ●INRIA International Chair. Researching #Tracking, #DataPower #Dark Patterns #HumanCenteredPrivacy. Co-founder @Deceptive.design/cases

Netherlands

About

I am Cristiana Santos, Assistant Professor in Law and Technology. I hold a joint international Doctoral Degree in Law, Science and Technology (University of Bologna) and a Ph.D. Degree in Computer Science (University of Luxembourg). Currently, I am an expert of the Data Protection Unit, Council of Europe; expert for the implementation of the EDPB's Support Pool of Experts; and expert of the Digital Persuasion or Manipulation Expert Group. I hold an International Chair Starting Career position at the National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (INRIA) (2023-2026) to work on technical and legal aspects of data protection. I provide expertise and consult the EU Commission, OECD, Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN), other policy-makers and civil society organizations. I am also invited as external expert evaluator of EU funded proposals. I collaborate closely with computer scientists and designers on online privacy. I am a co-founder of the deceptive.design/cases database website. Prior to joining academia, I was a legal adviser and lecturer at the Portuguese Consumer Protection Organization-DECO. Research areas: -Platform power -Roles and responsibilities of actors in the data ecosystem -Compliance of online tracking practices with GDPR/ePrivacy Directive, DSA, DMA -Dark Patterns, manipulation of end-users and developers -Digital harms and redress -Web privacy standards Contact - https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/CTeixeiraSantos Publications - https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=IaDvlTwAAAAJ&hl=en

Experience

  • Assistant Professor at Utrecht University
    Aug 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

  • Expert in Data Protection Unit at Council of Europe
    Mar 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Postdoc in Law and Technology at Inria
    Mar 2020 - Aug 2020 · 6 mos

    • Postdoctoral Researcher in the PRIVATICS Team at INRIA • Working on the DATA4US (personal DAta TrAnsparency for web USers) project • Working on legal and technical requirements related to consent, web tracking, dark patterns, GDPR access rights

  • Universidade do Minho (9 yrs 11 mos)
    • Researcher
      May 2012 - Mar 2020 · 7 yrs 11 mos

      The Research Centre for Justice and Governance (JusGov) is dedicated to advance research and scholarship in Law, by pursuing an innovative interdisciplinary research programme, engaging in international research networks, investing in a strong dissemination strategy, providing policy relevant research and legal expertise of interest to governments, practitioners and other stakeholders, and by contributing to the scientific initiation and advanced training of early stage researchers.

    • Research Fellowship under the Project "Telematics and AI in Alternative Dispute Resolution"
      May 2010 - May 2012 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Université Toulouse 1 Capitole
    Mar 2018 - Jan 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos